Sramana Mitra: On the service provider side, are these largely solo freelancers, or do you also have companies operating on your platform? Ian Ippolito: They are both. Most of them in the United States are solo, although one of our largest ones is probably about 15 or 16 people. It’s called Gravity Jack. They’re about
Sramana: What happened after FirstMark was sold to PSINet? Raj De Datta: In 2001 I went to business school. I studied at Harvard until 2003. The good thing about doing everything I had done before business school is that most people I met there were confused about what they wanted to do with their lives.
Microsoft and Israel Startup Network are co-hosting a special roundtable Pitch-Fest competition on Monday, March 12, 2012, starting at 9:00 a.m. PST. From Microsoft Israel offices, ten entrepreneurs will be pitching their businesses to Sramana Mitra for feedback and guidance. Microsoft is awarding 1M/1M scholarships to the top three entrepreneurs pitching during this event. You
On Tuesday, April 3, 2012, Sramana Mitra will be participating in several events for entrepreneurs in Bangalore, India. In the afternoon, Citrix will be hosting three roundtable sessions where 15 entrepreneurs will have the opportunity to pitch their businesses to Sramana for immediate feedback and guidance. In the evening, OpenCoffeeClub Bangalore will be hosting a
[We just received a tragic news that Rahul passed away of a cardiac arrest.] The entrepreneur ecosystem continues to grow in India. This is an exciting time for both startups and investors. As my interview with Rahul Patwardhan of IndiaCo shows, there are investors for every sector. If they do their own due diligence before
Sramana Mitra: That’s one of your differentiators, that you use crowdsourcing instead of the interview process, and then you let people hire based on the best crowdsourced project? Ian Ippolito: Yes. SM: What are the terms under which you work? It’s a commission on projects, yes?
Sramana: What did you do after you graduated from Princeton? Raj De Datta: I was going to go to Bell Labs until by chance I met a guest speaker from Wall Street. I did not know anything about Wall Street, and I spoke with him after his talk because it was intriguing. He offered me